GEODIS launches new cross-border trucking service across Southern Africa
GEODIS, a global leader in the transport and logistics sector, has introduced a new road transport service to support businesses moving goods across Southern Africa. Operational since July, the cross-border trucking service offers fast, flexible, and reliable connections from South Africa to ten countries in the region.
The ground breaking service centred on its operational hub in Johannesburg reinforces GEODIS’ commitment to delivering dependable logistics solutions tailored to the needs of African markets.
The new service, already operational now for three months connects South Africa to ten countries across the region: Angola (Luanda), Botswana (Gaborone), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lubumbashi), Eswatini (Mbabane), Lesotho (Maseru), Malawi (Blantyre and Lilongwe), Mozambique (Maputo), Namibia (Windhoek), Zambia (Lusaka and Ndola), and Zimbabwe (Harare and Bulawayo).
The Johannesburg hub serves as a strategic and efficient gateway for the distribution of a wide range of commodities, providing flexible options that include predefined transit schedules, scalable capacity, and tailored routing to meet individual customer needs. It is designed to streamline cross-border logistics for businesses dealing in either full truckload (FTL) or less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments.
“Cross-border logistics in Africa often comes with challenges. With this new service, we aim to offer our customers a seamless flow of cargo from origin to destination, backed by our regional expertise and reliable infrastructure,” said Cobus Fourie, Managing Director at GEODIS in South Africa.
The new service strengthens GEODIS’ footprint in Africa and reaffirms its dedication to enabling trade and economic development throughout the region. With its launch, the company demonstrates its commitment to the African market, offering as it will continue to, practical, end-to-end logistics solutions that improve the region’s supply chain performance.
